The chess club at Hannover, Germany celebrated its fifty year anniversary by organizing a small, international chess master tournament in 1926. Eight players were invited to participate, including two very strong masters: Aron Nimzowitsch from Denmark, and Akiba Rubinstein from Poland. They met with six German chess masters that included Jacques Mieses, Friedrich Sämisch, Oscar Antze, Hans Duhm, Hermann Von Gottschall, and Walther Von Holzhausen.

Games were played from Monday, August 9th to Tuesday, the 17th.

Nimzowitsch won with a near perfect score of 6½/7, edging out Rubinstein by half a point. Nimzowitsch took the sole lead in round 5, when Rubinstein only drew his game against Sämisch, while he (Nimzowitsch) won his game against Dr. Antze (the famous 81 move queen endgame)

The prizes were awarded to the players at the Hotel Luisenhof. http://www.endgame.nl/Kastens.jpg

The final standings and crosstable:

1st Nimzowitsch <6½/7> * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1

2nd Rubinstein <6/7> ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1

3rd Von Holzhausen <4/7> 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1

=4th Sämisch <3/7> 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1

=4th Mieses <3/7> 0 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1

6th Antze <2½/7> 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 ½

=7th Duhm <1½/7> 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0

=7th Von Gottschall <1½/7> 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 *

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Tournament book http://chessantiquarian.com/images/... and reprint: http://www.chesslund.com/uploaded/2... < Schachturniere 1926. 3 Teile in einem Band. Nachdrucke nach originalen Ausgaben. Zürich, Olms, 1989. 8°. Originaler Kunstlederband mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. (39) * Tschaturanga ... Band 83. < 96 pages with six plates, diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") issued in wrappers. Includes problem tournament. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5394) First edition.>>

Enthalten sind:

Hannover 1926. Kongreßbuch Hannover 1926. Festschrift zum 50jährigen Jubiläum des Hannoverschen Schachklubs 1876 - 1926. Herausgegeben vom Hannoverschen Schachklub E. V. Berlin, Kagan, (1927). Mit Abbildungen und Diagrammen. 96 Seiten. / Berlin 1926.

Kmoch, Hans. Internationales Schachturnier in Berlin vom 16. bis 28. November 1926 veranstaltet von der Freien Schach - Vereinigung. Hrsg. von Bernhard Kagan. Berlin, Kagan, 1926. Mit Abbildungen im Text und Diagrammen. 84 Seiten.

Semmering 1926. Lasker, Robert. (Hrsg.) Das internationale Schachmeisterturnier im Grandhotel Panhans am Semmering 1926. Anläßlich des 20 - jährigen Bestandes des M. - Ostrauer Schachklubs hrsg. in dessen Auftrag. Mähr. - Ostrau, Keller, (1934). Mit 2 Abbildungen auf 1 Tafel. 72 Seiten.

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Wiki. Bios:

Wikipedia article: Oskar Antze
Wikipedia article: Hans Duhm
Wikipedia article: Aron Nimzowitsch
Wikipedia article: Akiba Rubinstein
Wikipedia article: Friedrich S%C3%A4misch Wikipedia article: Jacques Mieses
Wikipedia article: Hermann von Gottschall (von Holzhausen is missed in the wiki-Empire of bytes)